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Energy and Water

Suitable for: Upper KS2
These three resource sheets combine to help a school investigate the issues behind energy wastage and include: investigating people's behaviour in the building, interviewing the adults in charge of energy use to discover how the system is managed and an investigation of the hot and cold spots.

Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Schools (KS 2/3)
ActionAid provide 10 lessons, each containing suggested lesson plans and resources around energy saving. There are films online. These could be compressed to fit into one half term, six lessons.

Suitable for KS2 - 4, this renewable energy challenge puts students' competitive spirits to the test.
Students are given minimal materials and asked to design a wind powered machine that can lift a weighted cup off the floor. Teachers instruction sheets, related video clips and even certificates are provided.

Suitable for KS3
An exciting challenge and competition to design and build flood-resistant homes: Flooding due to climate change can have a devastating effect on people's lives. Set on the fictitious island of Watu, pupils explore how STEM skills can be used to help communities be better prepared for flooding.